Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

Please follow the following requests:
  • Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
  • Note that authenticators have the right to refuse any requests. This is a free service, but it is imperative that you help our authenticators by using the following format:
  • FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Listing number:
    Seller and site where listed
    Link:
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  • FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
    Item:
    Where purchased or how obtained
    Comments:
BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.
  • Front of item
  • Back of item
  • Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
  • Made in tags (when available)
  • Measurements
  • For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
  • For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
  • If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.
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#78,047
BeenBurned said:
My opinion is that the bag is fake.

Let's see what @Hyacinth has for an opinion.
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Since I always like to leave room for surprises I'm going to say there's at least an 80-90 percent chance that it's fake. The actual details of the outside of the bag look close, but any competent leatherworker or counterfeiter can copy the construction details of a basic style like this. It doesn't even have an inside pocket, so how badly can a counterfeiter mess up?

That's why creed and serial number details are sooooooo important and why we're so obsessed by them. AND why we need the best photos of them we can get, because my Stone Age computer has a big problem with most sites' photos especially sellers or sites based outside the US.
 
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#78,051
padelca said:
Hello Experts,
Please authenticate this Coach Lunch Box? Shoulder Bag. (Trying to remember Salerea guide & practice:smile: made in 1996?
Where purchased: Thrift find
Length: 8.5” Height: 7.5” Width:3View attachment 5649357View attachment 5649358View attachment 5649360View attachment 5649361.5”
Thanks for your Assistance! P
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Genuine Lunch Box Zip from 1996


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lucy7550 said:
Hi, authenticators,
I’d appreciate your input on this one:
Platform: eBay
Seller: jonv31968
Product: Hadley bag
Serial #: 0532-319
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/2953137970...gbA_SMBTwi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Thank you!
Lucy
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lucy7550 said:
Meant to provide the eBay listing number:
295313797051
And bag measures 6” X 5” X 3”

Lucy
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Genuine Hadley Zip from 1993, which is when it was introduced. However, there's no way to be sure that bag was actually "made in New York City" like the seller claims since Coach stopped using the NYC stamping on creeds in 1987 or early 1988, and was already phasing out production at the original New York City "A"plant in 1993. It could have been made in Miami or even in a US territory like Puerto Rico. There are very few if any official records of plant locations from that period.
 
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#78,055
Hyacinth said:
Genuine Lunch Box Zip from 1996


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Genuine Hadley Zip from 1993, which is when it was introduced. However, there's no way to be sure that bag was actually "made in New York City" like the seller claims since Coach stopped using the NYC stamping on creeds in 1987 or early 1988, and was already phasing out production at the original New York City "A"plant in 1993. It could have been made in Miami or even in a US territory like Puerto Rico. There are very few if any official records of plant locations from that period.
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Thanks, Hyacinth. I hope you realize how much I (and so many others) appreciate your help!
 
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#78,057
Sugargrl41 said:
I apologize. Did you decide the bag was real
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I'd answered earlier here:

Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

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and Hyacinth gave her opinion here:

Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

IMPORTANT READ-ME Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please. For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread. Please follow the following requests: Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this...
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